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One man’s journey to discover his Bektashi roots reveals a religious order that suffered centuries of oppression.

Mazjoob is the 125th protester killed in weekly protests launched after the October 2021 coup.

Vietnam's Communist Party has nominated Vo Van Thuong, 52, as the country's next president, according to sources.

Last month's earthquakes led to suggestions that Turkey's parliamentary and presidential elections would be postponed.

Crackdown leaves poor families in Assam without main breadwinner as campaigners say arrests wrong way to tackle issue.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is facing a backlash over steep tax hikes and spending cuts imposed to get IMF funding.

Storm uproots trees and forces evacuations with power cuts reported in the Pacific island nation's capital.

The Saudi government is leading an effort to reduce obesity levels in the kingdom, with one in five Saudi adults obese.

Election officials declared governing party candidate Bola Tinubu the winner of Nigeria's presidential election.

A total of 25 Chinese warplanes and three warships were monitored operating off the Taiwanese coast.

Indian officials hope the meeting, also being held amid US-China tensions, will not overlook food and climate security.

The 70-year-old has won the presidency of Africa's most populous nation with 8.8 million votes.

Effects of the war are still being felt in one of the world’s poorest countries as inflated prices eat into budgets.

Multiple train cars derailed and at least three burst into flames after the collision near the town of Tempe.

Supreme Court says elections for provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa must be held within 90 days.

FBI Director Christopher Wray accuses China of thwarting efforts to identify the origin of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Six countries issue joint statement over clashes around town of Lascanood between Somaliland and local clan forces.

Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the popular vote in the disputed election.

New committee's efforts to counter Beijing are likely to put pressure on US President Joe Biden to take a firmer line.

Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index hits its highest reading since 2012 after Beijing's lifting of COVID curbs.

Community-run recycling centre is being credited with transforming Nusa Lembongan's once-polluted beaches and waterways.

As corporations fail to deliver on climate pledges, environmentalists turn to litigation.

The Modi govt brought in laws that helped the Adani Group keep its 'coal-scam era' deals.

Rescue effort under way after passenger train carrying 350 people collided with a cargo train near city of Larissa.

New report from Amnesty Intl, Global Witness and Burma Campaign UK reveals new shipments of fuel despite air raids.

Remarks come as legislation to ban the Chinese-owned app in the United States is making its way through Congress.

Top-down policy initiatives fail to account for a society whose attitudes towards women have changed little over time.

Murdoch's testimony has been unsealed as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by a US-based voting machine company.

The plan requires firms that want subsidies to share future profits with government and provide childcare for employees.

An estimated 80 wildfires have struck the country since January, with blazes approaching the populous Santiago de Cuba.

'There's currently more democracy in Mexico than in the United States,' Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says.

Nishad Singh says he knew by mid-2022 that FTX funds were being borrowed by its sister firm without customer knowledge.

As Putin asked the FSB to bolster security, Moscow said it is open to peace talks, but will not give up annexed regions.

The UK's leader has been negotiating with the EU to replace the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced the decision on Tuesday following a call with Elon Musk.

Two people have died and 568 non-fatal cases have been reported in the earthquake-hit areas of northwestern Syria.

The move comes a day after the US gave federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices.

Snow, high winds, tornadoes cause damage across US with another massive winter storm brewing.

One drone crashed 100 km from Moscow on Tuesday, according to the regional governor.

Three opposition parties call for cancellation of election, as ruling party candidate is in the lead.

Joe Biden wants to forgive student debt for millions, but critics argue he overstepped his authority.

Moscow has waged an energy war against the EU over the past year, but the bloc appears to be holding firm.

Only eight Jewish settlers were arrested after Sunday's attack on villages near Nablus that left one Palestinian dead.

For 50 years, hip hop has given us the soundtrack of rebellion across the world.

The Russian economy has fallen into a recession, but economic and political instability are not yet on the horizon.

A new report by Access Now and the #KeepItOn campaign finds 35 countries have hit the kill button over the past year.

Waves of Venezuelan refugees and migrants are arriving in Chile, attracted by political and economic stability.

Voters and observer missions have highlighted INEC's failures and violence on election day as results are awaited.

Officials must probe why Black and ethnic minority Britons were overrepresented in pandemic tolls, says group.

More than half of 84 shutdowns in 2022 recorded in Kashmir as India leads Access Now list for a fifth consecutive year.